Aliens Amongst Us

A week or so ago some folks in my community saw some mysterious lights over their farms and concluded that there might be UFOs flying around us.  These are respectable people and I’m sure that the lights were so out of the ordinary that they are certainly justified in speculating on the possibility of aliens.  People do tend to make fun of this topic however and if a person has a particular passion for this subject they can be construed as an oddball.  But the topic is interesting and there are many curious events in the world that could cause a person to question whether we are alone as human beings on this planet.

While I won’t rule out the possibility of life beyond our planet I do feel rather dubious about any having so far landed on Earth.  I am more inclined to believe that the lights seen over town were “secret military ops” rather than UFOs. 

I have a hard time understanding why any government would need to have alien landings be such a big secret.  Considering all the things we already “know” about government shenanigans, the wicked things already perpetrated on an unsuspecting society, what possible damage could knowing aliens are amongst us really cause?  Okay, so maybe the idiots in the Bible Belt would have a total meltdown to know that the Bible might not be the real deal but really, who else gives a care?  Would there be mass hysteria if President Obama or Prime Minister Harper came out and said “We are pleased to announce we have visitors from Mars”?  Considering how little excitement there was over the invasion of Crimea I expect the excitement would be more generally felt in media circles as they tried to sell as many newspapers and magazines as possible, “milking the story”.  Just look at how crazed they have become over the missing Malaysian plane!  From that perspective I suppose one would say there would be hysteria, but for the average Joe, I am guessing not so much.

I don’t think we would get excited until they were revealed to be stealing all our water (like in the series “V”).  But maybe I am one of the few who see it that way.  How would you feel if you stumbled upon some little white man with a big head?

Aliens

So what do you think about aliens? Do they exist? Is it all a bunch of hooey? When my sister Charlotte adamantly argues that there are aliens among us I laugh her to scorn or kid her about her beliefs. But I do that mostly to get a rise out of her (I am so bad).

I’m on the fence on this question. I feel that when I am listening to Art Bell and the folks out in the desert (Coast to Coast) that they are trying to get attention. Most of them sound kind of nutty to me. But I mentioned a while back that I met someone who used to be a US Marine and he said that not only he, but everyone on the base in Alaska, saw UFOs (more than one) and the sightings were never mentioned in any report nor were they talked about. He could have told me a lot more but my friends weren’t interested so I missed out on a lot. He mentioned Project Blue book so I am investigating that online. Here’s what I discovered. Wikipedia has a huge article on Project Blue Book and essentially it appears from this that the U.S. Air Force has covered up or otherwise tried to debunk any possibly valid sightings of UFOs.

Reading the article causes me to refer back to what my friend in Ecuador said about what was seen at the air base in Alaska.

I read “Chariots of the Gods” when it came out in the late sixties and thought it was very interesting. Since then I have generally had an open mind about the possibility of intelligent life forms in outer space. But quite seriously, I find it hard to believe that aliens could be amongst us for decades without it coming out into the open. I know the theorists out there will say that the cover-ups are because of the “control” issue. The government doesn’t want to lose control of the situation nor of its people by letting us know that there are other beings on this planet. But I find that ridiculous.

I probably shouldn’t. When I think about the way we are governed in the Twenty First Century I realize that we are governed by unintelligent despots most of the time whose bottom line is money. They probably want to use aliens for profit. Doesn’t that make you sick?